Tell us about your Christmas (Holiday) Traditions - Page 4

Ea · 12-10-2009, 07:30 AM

It is interesting to see how many variations of it there is.

kindlekitten · 12-10-2009, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Ea

'Sylte' is meat in aspic - with a high meat ratio. The Danish version is made with boiled pork, in smaller pices like pulled meat, and the meat traditionally comes from the parts of the pig that couldn't be cut up in larger pices, like the head and feet. I think it tastes all right if it's mostly pieces of meat and little aspic, but it really depends on the cook. I would only eat home-made. Minced veal doesn't sound very nice.

Lutefisk and surströmming is vile IMHO.

What on earth is head cheese? Sounds weird

yep! the Sylte is the same as head cheese!

Lutefisk!

there is a town just north of here with strong Scandinavian traditions and background. they have a Lutefisk festival every year

nikkie · 12-10-2009, 08:02 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Personally, not being a Christian, I prefer not to celebrate it. I consider it to be a religious holiday for Christians, first and foremost, and consider the commercial "hype" that's developed around it to be a monstrosity that is totally at odds with the actual religious purpose of the celebration.

Personally, not being a Christian, I've never had any problem using these mashed together pagan holidays, and getting a few days off work. Add to that an excuse to spend money in traditionally lavish and unpredictable ways for friends and families, and I adore Christmas and all that it stands for: fun!

My family is a "Jesus" household, and my dad always subscribes to being a "Christmas morning" present opener, but he never makes it that long. For as long as I can remember, he's made up one excuse or another for us to open up some or all of our presents on Christmas eve, because he's too excited to wait any longer.

Lirael · 12-10-2009, 09:38 AM

With us, it normally goes something like this:

Everyone -aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents - gets together at someone's house on Christmas Eve (the hosting job rotates among family member, once a decade, we draw names out of a hat to determine the order) We have a huge dinner, where everyone brings a dish - usually, we either eat turkey or beef as a main course (no ham; some of my relatives are Muslim) and then everyone opens the presents that they get from family members - grandparents give gifts to grandkids; it used to be that the aunts and uncles would each pick a name out of a hat and get that person something, but about six years ago they all decided that they didn't want to do that anymore, so mostly they just sit around and drink coffee while the kids go crazy. Everyone goes back to their own places of residence for Christmas Day.

On Christmas morning, in my family, my parents and I open gifts to/from each other, and lounge around until dinnertime. Usually, anyone in the family who has another side of the family to go to, goes to that side's gathering on Christmas night, but we don't, and neither do a couple of my aunts and uncles, so then we, they, and the grandparents get together again for a much smaller, lower-key meal.

We don't really do too much religious stuff with Christmas. When I was a kid we'd always go to church on Christmas Eve, which to me was the only bearable church service out of the whole year because instead of having to pay attention to it I'd get to be up the choir loft singing and playing bells. Nowadays only my mom goes to church for Christmas.

I don't really see it overmuch as a religious holiday; for me, it's just about family. It's one of the few times out of the whole year where I get to see everyone, and it's nice because we just get together and have fun and forget about all our problems for a little while.

pshrynk · 12-10-2009, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Nope, what you are refering to is called "Lutfisk" here in sweden. It's dried fish that has been in a lye-bath for like a month or so

Sylta is made of minced veal, assorted spices and some kind of gelatin that is mixed up and put into a form and left to "coagulate". It's not my favorite part of the smorgasbord

As for lutfisk it's one of the x-mas traditions over here I am NOT fond of. I loathe the stuff.

Almost as much as "Surströmming" which thank god is NOT a christmas tradition.

Lutefisk (Local Norwegian spelling) is what evil tastes like. It is a vile, nasty, nausea inducing glop of sadism on a plate that masquerades as food.

At least, that's my opinion.

Ea · 12-10-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

At least, that's my opinion.

If you get the chance you should try Icelandic hákarl

You'll need to follow it with several 'snaps' to kill the ammonia taste (I think that's why you eat it

)

kindlekitten · 12-10-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Slite

Lutefisk (Local Norwegian spelling) is what evil tastes like. It is a vile, nasty, nausea inducing glop of sadism on a plate that masquerades as food.

At least, that's my opinion.

ah ha!!! ^^^^POINTS^^^^ seeeeee! another forum hickup!!! it's not only me!

edit:

it's REALLY hickupping!!!

[quote=Slite;689651]
Quote:
Originally Posted by kindlekitten

Nope, what you are refering to is called "Lutfisk" here in sweden. It's dried fish that has been in a lye-bath for like a month or so

Sylta is made of minced veal, assorted spices and some kind of gelatin that is mixed up and put into a form and left to "coagulate". It's not my favorite part of the smorgasbord

As for lutfisk it's one of the x-mas traditions over here I am NOT fond of. I loathe the stuff.

Almost as much as "Surströmming" which thank god is NOT a christmas tradition.

Lutefisk (Local Norwegian spelling) is what evil tastes like. It is a vile, nasty, nausea inducing glop of sadism on a plate that masquerades as food.

At least, that's my opinion.

Ea · 12-10-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

ah ha!!! ^^^^POINTS^^^^ seeeeee! another forum hickup!!! it's not only me!

edit:

it's REALLY hickupping!!!

What?!

kindlekitten · 12-10-2009, 04:17 PM

[QUOTE=pshrynk;690460]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

Lutefisk (Local Norwegian spelling) is what evil tastes like. It is a vile, nasty, nausea inducing glop of sadism on a plate that masquerades as food.

At least, that's my opinion.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

What?!

there have been some software hiccups where quotes are scattered, mis-quoted and so on... go up and look at pshrynk's post. slite's post is actually attributed to me!

pshrynk · 12-10-2009, 04:20 PM

I reported the glitch and we will look into it.

Nothing to see here. Move on!

Ea · 12-10-2009, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

there have been some software hiccups where quotes are scattered, mis-quoted and so on... go up and look at pshrynk's post. slite's post is actually attributed to me!

Aha. Actually it still does it - I've just been automatically deleting the extra markup from the posts I've written today

kindlekitten · 12-10-2009, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

I reported the glitch and we will look into it.

Nothing to see here. Move on!

STARES!!! rubbernecks, causes back ups and rear end crashes

badgoodDeb · 12-10-2009, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by kindlekitten

STARES!!! rubbernecks, causes back ups and rear end crashes

Not that the recipient of the rear end crash will MIND, if he happens to be male! (Well, Marc might mind)

pshrynk · 12-10-2009, 05:04 PM

Okay, when KK quoted Slite originally, the quote was broken. then Slite quoted her and the break remaind borked. Then I quoted Slite and it just carried on. Mystery solved, thanks to Nate the Great, who is wise and all knowing.

kindlekitten · 12-10-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

Okay, when KK quoted Slite originally, the quote was broken. then Slite quoted her and the break remaind borked. Then I quoted Slite and it just carried on. Mystery solved, thanks to Nate the Great, who is wise and all knowing.

humph! easy for you to say!

so what;s the deal with the pending board upgrades?

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12-10-2009, 07:30 AM	#46
Ea Wizard Posts: 3,490 Karma: 5239563 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kindle 3\|iPad air\|iPhone 4S	It is interesting to see how many variations of it there is.

12-10-2009, 09:38 AM	#49
Lirael Moomin Posts: 137 Karma: 202147 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Sony PRS-350	With us, it normally goes something like this: Everyone -aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents - gets together at someone's house on Christmas Eve (the hosting job rotates among family member, once a decade, we draw names out of a hat to determine the order) We have a huge dinner, where everyone brings a dish - usually, we either eat turkey or beef as a main course (no ham; some of my relatives are Muslim) and then everyone opens the presents that they get from family members - grandparents give gifts to grandkids; it used to be that the aunts and uncles would each pick a name out of a hat and get that person something, but about six years ago they all decided that they didn't want to do that anymore, so mostly they just sit around and drink coffee while the kids go crazy. Everyone goes back to their own places of residence for Christmas Day. On Christmas morning, in my family, my parents and I open gifts to/from each other, and lounge around until dinnertime. Usually, anyone in the family who has another side of the family to go to, goes to that side's gathering on Christmas night, but we don't, and neither do a couple of my aunts and uncles, so then we, they, and the grandparents get together again for a much smaller, lower-key meal. We don't really do too much religious stuff with Christmas. When I was a kid we'd always go to church on Christmas Eve, which to me was the only bearable church service out of the whole year because instead of having to pay attention to it I'd get to be up the choir loft singing and playing bells. Nowadays only my mom goes to church for Christmas. I don't really see it overmuch as a religious holiday; for me, it's just about family. It's one of the few times out of the whole year where I get to see everyone, and it's nice because we just get together and have fun and forget about all our problems for a little while.

12-10-2009, 04:20 PM	#55
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	I reported the glitch and we will look into it. Nothing to see here. Move on!

12-10-2009, 05:04 PM	#59
pshrynk Beepbeep n beebeep, yeah! Posts: 11,726 Karma: 8255450 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin, aka America's IceBox Device: iThingie, KmkII, I miss Zelda!	Okay, when KK quoted Slite originally, the quote was broken. then Slite quoted her and the break remaind borked. Then I quoted Slite and it just carried on. Mystery solved, thanks to Nate the Great, who is wise and all knowing.